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Hijaz (EFG London Jazz Festival): Hijaz is an Arabic musical scale but also holds a clear reference to jazz. Based around the dialogue between the oud and the piano, Hijaz is a close quartet exploring differences and similarities in cultures in order to create harmony, warmth and musical beauty. Formed in in 2004, and sprung from the collaboration between Tunisian master oud player Moufadhel Adhoum and Greek-Belgian pianist Niko Deman, Hijaz is the marriage of the Western piano with the Middle Eastern oud.

Munir Waked 'On The Way Home': ​An exhibition that explores and challenges, through installation and digital prints, our idea of social justice and its connections with space and place in the context of the multiple displacements of the lived Palestinian experience from 1948 until 2014. Waked is an artist living in east London, born and raised in Nazareth. Hosted by Arts Canteen and taking place from 6-20 November, 2015 at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA.

Olcay Bayir: Anatolian songbird Olcay Bayir will be performing in celebration of the launch of her new album 'Neva-Harmony'. Of Turkish-Kurd origin, Bayir’s songs unfold ancient stories of Anatolian love and mystery with a velveteen voice like no other. Concert is hosted by Arts Canteen on 5 November, 2014 at The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N168AZ.

War and Peace: An event focused around a new Arabic adaptation of War and Peace which will be performed in Gaza and live-streamed to London. It is part of a ten year partnership between 'AZ Theatre' (Britain) and 'Theatre for Everybody' (Gaza), including new writing from Caryl Churchill, Hassan Abdulrazzak, Ahmed Masoud and Haifa Zangana as well as letters from Gaza written by Hossam Madhoud. There will also be displayed a miniature exhibition for artists from Gaza. Taking place on 14 September, 2014 at Rich Mix, London.

Amira Kheir: Arts Canteen & Rich Mix present the ‘Diva of the Sudanese desert’ (Journal du Mali) Sudanese-Italian singer AmiraKheir; whose musical sounds are inspired by traditional music from her homeland Sudan and blended with elements of Jazz, Soul, East and West African as well as Middle Eastern music.